Like last year, CBS’ The Big Bang Theory logged the largest absolute L+3 gain, +1.6 rating in 18-49 and +4.43 million viewers. That was in line with last fall’s premiere increases, +1.7 and +4.29 million. Year vs. year, Big Bang‘s opener is down -16% in the demo and -10 in viewers. Still, with 20 million+, in its 10th season Big Bang is drawing a massive audience that is rarely seen on television these days and likely won’t be matched by an entertainment program this premiere week.

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Fox’s genre combo ofGotham and Luciferlogged the biggest percentage gains on Monday, +54% in 18-49, both dramas rising from a 1.3 Live+same day demo rating to a 2.0. In total viewers, Gotham was up +42% to 5.5 million, while Lucifer is emerging as the more popular overall among the two, up +48% to 6.4 million. Fox is providing multi-platform data, reporting a total audience of 5.9 million for Gotham and 7 million for Lucifer. Last fall, the Gotham season premiere added .9 in L3 to 2.5 and extra 600,000 non-linear viewers for a total premiere audience of 7.3 million. Year vs. year, the Gotham debut is down -20% in 18-49 in L3 and -19% in viewers.

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NBC’s new comedy The Good Place broke the tie with CBS’ newbie Kevin Can Wait because of stronger DVR showing. The 10 PM episode of the single-camera, serialized The Good Place grew an impressive for a half-hour +41% in 18-49 (from a 2.6 rating to 3.6) and more than +3.2 million viewers overall (9.1 million to 12.3 million). The Good Place now ranks as the top new comedy series premiere this season though this was part of a special hourlong preview behind The Voice. The Good Place‘s regular-slot debut on Thursday was significantly lower. (The 10:30 Monday episode of The Good Place also added +1.0 or a big 50% in 18-49 to 3.0)

CBS’ multi-camera Kevin Can Wait rose +27% in 18-49 (from 2.6 to 3.3 in 18-49) and +19% in total viewers to 13.2 million.